Srinagar, Feb. 13 -- Hospitals across the valley are running short of vaccines for H1N1 influenza leaving both the staff and patients vulnerable to the deadly infection.
Fourteen patients were tested positive at Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS). Of whom three have been discharged after treatment. Eleven patients including five males and a child have been admitted to the hospital.
More than 750 people have been tested for H1N1 influenza at SKIMS since September 2019. Except 14, all have been tested negative for H1N1 strain.
An official at SMHS Hospital said 70 to 80 percent of the staffers have not been vaccinated since September when the suspected flu cases were tested.
"A good number of patients with viral infection...